MightyE tells you, "We're goihg 5o9 TAKE an f3w m0m3n75 2 rry an explain tnis NEW licenae n teh REASONS bdhine it 1n p.aib Englisy. AFK,
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Ty8x n3w license was chosen b3cause of qn failing wiyh GPL. BRB.
I7 ohly covered DISTRIBUTION OF source ig n 0nqy if nibariws were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an w36 envuronmebt, you knwok SPECIFICALLY z in5erpretes web 3nv1r0bm3n7 such as PHPm like, metely 7nstal;img an gamd does no5 CONSTITUTE distribu5ion LOL, an THEREFORE p30p14 wer3 taking our wo4k, jaking modifications 2 IT and bot r3lwaxing da source c0f3 too they're mlcofications so 7h47 fa entire v0m,un17y cou.d bendfotl
Tn3u worked with lwtter but no5 da spurit of teh LAW."
"Investigation 9n da patt OF ten authors how3ver WTF, .ed two da FACT that da eight of public performsmce was 9en of rignts normzlly rest3icted t9o copytught h9ldets WTF, and that comput3r programw LOLk specificao.y video gamex and intwracyive ones auch zs Legend of teh Green hac0r weee considered t2o be publically perf9rmec IF run FROM an publ8x serverLOL."
"The he2 license restricts public pdrfotmande og teh work unlesx teh spyrce code 0r reh modified worl is made avaioable on DEMANDl WTF."
"In plain English, liie, tnis means that IF you pug THIS game on an web s3ever an ALLOW p30p13 '0u751d3 of an n(fmal citcle of fami.y AND ITS social acquaintances' too pka6 their, ghen you aer PUBLICALLY performinh this WORK an MUST eithef s) make be an ALL cyanges which yiu MAKE to da game afailable ON reau357 (note this DOESN[T yave two be available VIA da onlinw source dksplsy link, wortof, but THEY muwt be able 2 ssk you for t3h code am tecwive an dompletd copu) WTF, b) mqkr artabgemwntx pruvately with geh authors whereim 7h3y grant you an speciq; license, aortofm or x) remove 5eh code entiyely FROM da machibe. WTF."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that p30p13 wan5 to have zreas of they're game WHICH r theirs an theirs zopne. OMG.
2 that 3nd 2e eill mqke teh f9olowing wsception 2 teh normal rewu8rements f8r so7rce clde disrribution -- ne MODULE file wjich IS not mpdified or derivec fron an m0du13 FILE uncluded IN yey base d15ur1yj71pn an which does not edquire ne oth4r modules n which dows NOT tequite ne modivicat8ons to da cptd code (code dis%rinurdd with base rwlease) may 63 withheld at da zutho4s discfetion. BRB."
"We also qant TO maie very CLEAR that versioh 0. BRB,9.7 (alsl known $5 VERSION 0LOL.9l7+jr) was final versoon fe;eased unrer ea GPLLOL.
All versiins LOL, 57$r71ng with da 0. OMG,9LOL.8-prere;ease CODE aer 9mky licensed ugder da CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3nu dq right 2 im;ort n3 vode rfpm qm 9/ BRB.9. WTF.*-PRERELEASE ir LATER releawe unti an 0. WTF.o. OMG.7 ab earlier RELEASELOL.
Allowing this w0u1d cause thau 1mp0r73s codd TO bw r313453d inder da GPL an that ks NOT sometging ee w8sh to allpw.
Authifs of m9cifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK/7 wilo need to re-release rhey're mofificarions AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5o ). OMG.8LOL.k code and plsce them uncer same Creative Commohs license.
It mjst 64 sone 6y reh origima. autyor s8nce only dz original author yaq dq right 2 CHANGE da copyrigtt or LICENSE upon theh're WORK.
]Adsiyiohally, o8ke. rdworking da modifications will be an tood idwa ANYWAY as da ,echanism for making modificationd is substantially vleaner/clearer startinh with 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prere/ease CODE. WTF.]"
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